Collapsible reclining chair



Sept. 23, 1930. J, W4EINEGEL- COLLAPSIBLE REC LINING CHAIR Filed March 51, 1928 V in the several reclining .Ipositions thereof Patented Sept. 23, 1930 A PUNITED STATES. PATENT orrics f JOHN 'WEINEGEL,'OF TAMPA SHORES FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO PERFECT E. Z. CHAIR CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. -Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE Application filed March 31, 1928.

.This invention relates to chairs of thereclining and collapsible type; and the ob ec t of the invention is to provide a chair of the class described, constructed in the simplest, possible manner to reduce the production costs to a minimum which will permit of the marketing of a chair having the features stated, at a selling price wellwithin the reach of the population at large; a further ob ect beingto provide a chair comprising a back rest, and a seat pivoted tothelower end of the back rest and a supporting frame or body in which the back rest and seat are pivotally mounted to freely move relatively to each other and to said supporting frame tochange theangular relation of the back restand seat which are automatically adjusted by the operator-or party using the chair; a still further object being to provldea supporting frame comprising crossed and oppositely disposed leg'members, the upper. endso f' which are coupled together by, arm members in connection 1 ,5 with which theupperends of the leg members are pivotally coupled, means being provided for jointing the leg members Where they inseat of the chair, I g plurality of movably coupledparts with tersect whenthechair is in position for use, all of said parts being coupled to permit the j collapsing thereof intoa compact package in asimple, effective and easily operable manner; a further object being to provide inconjunction with the forward end portion ofthe a foot rest composed of a means for supporting the same in spaced relation to the floor or other surface; and with these and other objects in vi'ew, the invention consists in a chair of the class and for the pur i6 pose specified, which is simple in construction,

eificient'in use, and which-is-constructed as hereinafter described'and claimed. V

The invention is fully-disclosed in the following specification, ofwhicli the accompanyrate parts of my improvementare designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and inwhichz- V l Fig.1 is'a side view of the chair with the several parts thereof in extended position.

' link ingwdra wing forms a part, in which the sepab 1 COLLAPSIBLE RECLINING CHAIR Serial No. 266,121.

Fig. 2 is a back view of'the chair collapsed;

7 I legmembers 8 being pivoted to the front ends of the arms 7,

whereas theleg members 9 are pivoted to'the rear ends of said arms. Pivoted to the forward end of the seat 5 is a foot and leg rest 10 consisting of separate parts 10?, 10 and 10, the part 10 prevent the downward collapsing of the parts lOt-lO and the part 10 is in the form of a rod for spacing and supporting theparts 10 and 10 with relation to i surface. The part 10 is foldable inwardly uponthe part 10 but when extended as seen in against collapsing, and the part 10 carries at its lower end a roller or other anti-frictional member 12, permitting of free movement over the floor surface. H

' The seat 5 is pivoted to the lower end of the backrest 6 asseen at 13, and the forward end of the seat is pivotally supportedin connectionvwiththe' front ends of the arms '7 by rods 14, permitting of the free swinging of the seat forwardly and backwardly with respect to the arms 7 in the reclining of the chair and also in the operation of collapsing the several parts of the chair. The backrest 6 at a point above the pivot 13 and below the central portion thereof is pivoted to the rear ends of the arms 7 as seen at 15, so that in the normal position of the chair, the seat 5 will be inclined forwardly and upwardly and the backrest 6 inclined to'a slight {degree with referenceto the perpendicular plane-as clearly seen in Fig.1 of the drawing, so that when a party sitting in the chair desires to recline, y simply leaning backwards, appl ing the Weight of the body to the upper endYportion 6 of the'backrest, thefsame will move backwardly, which operation will advance the seat 5 forwardly and upwardly. This operation may continue until all of the parts,

H being pivoted tothe seat,the part 10 pivoted to the part 10*v as at ll to side arms 7 and pairs of the floor or other i Fig. 1, supports the parts 10 and 10 namely the seat 5, backrest 6 and leg or foot rest 10 are in substantially a common plane. It will be understood thatthe several parts of the chair maybe maintained in different automatic positions of adjustment to suit the comforts of the occupant of the chair by simply distributing the weight of the bodyon the respective parts, and'without applying any undue tension or body pressure on t e respective chair parts. V I

V. h gmemb d 9 are upled t9- gether by providing a cross bar l6,substan tially centrally of the leg members 8 and socket-s 17 on the under faces of the leg members 9 centrally thereof toreceive-the cross bar '16. Spring clips 18 are employed inconjunction with the sockets 17" to guide the rod 16 thereinto and to prevent accidental displacement ofthe rod in moving the chair about from place to place when in its position for use. The lower ends of the arms 8 and 9 are braced by cross bars or rods 19 and 20 respectively and employed in conjunction with the rod 20 and the leg members/Sin a reinforcing arc-shaped member21.

The lower jfaceof the seat 5adjacentthe pivot end 13' is provided with'a cross plate 22 to -which is secured airotatable catch device 23 adapted to engage the foot and leg supporting member 10 when in collapsed position to retain the same against displacement. It willbe noted' from a consideration of Fig. 2 ofthe drawing that the part 10 of the member 10 where it is pivoted to the forward end of the seat 5' is narrower than the remainder of said part forming recesses 24 at the opposite sides of said narrower'portion to permit of the convenient placement of the feet upon the floor surface if the user of the chair should not desireto use thefoot or leg rest, and also to facilitate convenience I in the operatlon of sitting inthe chair or getting up, therefrom.

The operation of the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Figs. moving the part-M10 onto thelower face of the part 10 and said parts 110 and 10 swung on the pivot 11' onto the lower face of the part 10 and all of said parts thus collapsed, folded onto the under face of the seat 5 and secured in position bythe catch device 23. The,

seat and backrest are now brought into substantially horizontal position or in common alinement and the leg members 8' and'9 are uncoupled and the its lower end to the front portion of the chair and the leg membersS to the rear end of the chair and upon the under faces of the arms 7 forming the compactbody seen in Figs. 2 and 3. In settingup the chair from a collapsed position, the above operation isreversed, the leg members being first coupled together, slight pressure applied to the pivotal connection ofthe sea-t and backrest at 13, swinging bQltascr-evvs,

collapsing the chair from 2 and 3 is accomplished by,

leg member 9 swung with,

tively small space'and. may be conveniently packed or "crated' for shipment, and in no "s it essential to detach or uncouple' nails .or like devicesi constitutingpart of the chair structure. V v My improved chair may have many uses 1 may he'constructed in numerous different ways to suit the particular usethereof, some of" which maybe identified as steamer chairs, beach chairs, porch chairs, lounging chairs, camp chairs and the like, it being understood that theseat, backrest aswel'las the leg and foot rest may include canvas bodies or may be constructedof upholstered bodies more expensive chair structure in case,

accordance with the present standards of chair construction, and various other changes shown and describedmaybe made within the o in and mo'difications'of'the structure herein a scope of the appended claims, without departing from the sp rit ofmy invention or sacrificing its advantages 7 7 Having fully described my invention, whatl claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I I V 7 1'. A collapsible reclining 'chair'comprising spaced pairs of: crossed pivoted supporting legs,'arm rests supported band pivotally connected with the upper en s of said legs,

an inclined" back rest pivotally supported between the adjacent ends of said arm rests,'

a seat pivotally connected withthellower edge of the back rest and normally inclined up wardly therferom, linksdepending from the forward endsof said pivotal connection a between the latter. and

:195 rests and providing the forward end of the se t, whereby the seat andfback rest is permitted to swing freely between the arm rests to provide the desired and means detachably reclining 1 position, connecting the supporting legs at their points of intersectiomwhereby said legs when detached can be moved-in; opposite directions and folded parallel with said arm rests, and

the backrest'folded in end to end relation with the seat.

2. A -collaps1ble recliningchair compris- 'ing spaced pairs of crossed pivoted supporting legs, arm rests supported by andpiv otally connected with the upper ends of said legs, an inclined back rest pivotally supported b tween the adj acent, ends of said arm, rests,,-a seat pivotally connected with the lower edgeof the backrest andnormally in-- clined upwardly therefrom, links depending from the forward endsof, said arm restsiand providing a pivotal connection between the latter and theforward endof; the seat, where by said seat and back rest is permitted to each pair can be,

sWing freely between the arm rests to provide the reclining position desired by the user of the chair, the pivot for said legs being carried by corresponding legs of each of the respective pairs, other leg of each ment with said 

